Clothes-tongs.



L. M. LARSON & c. 1'. CIARLSON.

CLOTHES T'ONGS APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1-6. 1916.

Patented May 15, 1917.

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clothes tong constructed of a'single length of uni rnr are.

LEONARD M. LARSON AND CHARLES T. CARLSON, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

CLOTHES-TONGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Application filed September 16, 1916. Serial No. 120,486.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that we, LEONARD M. LARSON and CHARLES J. GARLsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Tongs; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes tongs and one of its objects is the-provision of a device of this character which shall be simple, durable and e'flicient and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide a fork member having means for rotating the same, whereby upon placing the fork member in engagement with the clothes in a clothes boiler and operating the rotating means, the clothes will be wound thereon and securely held so that they may be readily removed from the boiler without the danger of burning or scalding the operator.

WVith these and other objects in view it will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of our in vention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view partly in section of a clothes tong, constructed in accordance with our invention,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the details ofthe drawing, the numeral 1 indicates as an entirety, a

wire, the wire being first bent upon itself intermediate its ends andtwisted about itself to form a spiral 2. The free ends of the wire after beingbent to form the spiral 2 are offset as illustrated at 3 and bent to extend parallel with each other to form a fork shaped member 4: which has formed upon its ends balls or spheres 5 to prevent the ends of the fork member at from cutting or punchmg holes into clothes when brought into engagement therewith. The spiral 2 is bent to form a pair of relatively spaced eyelets 6, which present offset portions between which is j ournaled a sleeve 7 forming a hand grip to rotatably support the spiral 2.

A rotating nut 8 of cylindrical formation has an end wall 9 in which is formed a pair of guide apertures to receive the wires of the spiral 2, whereby upon sliding the nut 8 along the spiral 2 the fork member 4: will be rotated.

The spiral 2 adjacent the offset portion 3 of the fork member t has an enlargement 10 between which and the offset portions 3 is journaled a sleeve 11, whereby the device may be rested upon the edge of a clothes boiler allowing the fork member 4 to project therein to engage the clothes and wind them thereon by rotation thereof, caused by the nut 8 being led along spiral 2.

In operation, the operator gripsthe sleeve 7 in one hand and the nut 8 in the other. The fork member 4 is then placed within the clothes boiler and in engagement with the clothes therein and by sliding the nut 8 along the spiral 2, the fork member 4; is rotated winding the clothes thereon so that the clothes may be readily removed from the clothes boiler without the danger of the operator becoming burned or scalded.

While we have shown and described the preferred embodiment of our invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

A device of the character set forth comprising a single length of wire being bent intermediate its ends to form a pair of rela- In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

LEONARD M. LARSON. CHARLES J. CARLSON.

tively spaced eyes, a sleeve journalecl between the eyes, the ends of said Wire after forming the eyes being twisted about each other in spiral formation and diverge outwardly and parallel With each other to form Witnesses: a substantially U-shaped fork, and a nut ELLA SOPHIE BUGGE, upon the spiral for rotating the fork. MARY BLIX.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five een'ts each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

